In honor of Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
From
Wikipedia…
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, born Freddie Lee Robinson,
(March 18, 1922 – October 5, 2011) was a U.S. civil rights activist who
led the fight against segregation and other forms of racism as a
minister in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a co-founder of theSouthern
Christian Leadership Conference, was instrumental in the 1963 Birmingham
Campaign, and continued to work against racism and for alleviation of
the problems of the homeless in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he took up a
pastorate in 1961. He returned to Birmingham after his retirement in 2007.
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